Titoli in Romanzo di formazione

Pavia. Pietro, Giustino e Davide sono iscritti all'ultimo anno di liceo. Un'età senza compromessi, in cui tutto pare a portata di mano, ma anche pronto a sfuggire per sempre. Giustino, che da anni sta insieme a Laura, sogna di fare il fumettista, ma si sente già fuori tempo massimo; Davide, detto Golia, è un buon giocatore di basket, ma sulla sua strada incrocia la disinibita Lucilla e il sesso diventa una distrazione irresistibile. E Pietro teme di fallire il test di Medicina, dovrebbe studiare intensamente, però è preso con tutto se stesso da Anna.

Angie always thought high school romances were just silly infatuations that come and go. She certainly never thought she would fall in love over one short summer. But then she sees Jack Duluth’s crew cut peek out over a booth in McKnight’s drugstore, and their connection is beyond any childish crush. Suddenly, Angie and Jack are filling their summer with stolen moments and romantic nights. But as fall grows closer, they must figure out if their love is forever or just a summer they’ll never forget.

When four recent high school graduates return home from a weekend of camping, they expect to go back to life as usual. Instead, the boys discover empty streets, abandoned cars, and utter silence - everyone has disappeared. As the friends attempt to solve the mystery, they stumble upon more questions than answers. Why won’t the electronics work? Where did the wind go? What do the notebooks full of gibberish mean? With each new discovery, they learn that nothing was ever quite what it seemed on Echo Island and that a deep secret is drawing them in - if only they'd surrender to it.

Angelica Marie Hutcherson only agreed to write 250 words on the Academic Battle for the Homecoming Edition of the school's newspaper because the editor won't accept any of her other stories. But as Angelica starts to do her research, she comes to a startling realization: The Academic Battle, the Homecoming game, and the class election have all accidentally been scheduled on the same day, and it's too late to do anything about it!

Third Sister in the Tao family, Ailin has watched her two older sisters go through the painful process of having their feet bound. In China in 1911, all the women of good families follow this ancient tradition. Ailin rebels and refuses to follow this torturous tradition. But as she enters adolescence, Ailin finds that her family is no longer willing to support her. With a bold conviction and an indomitable spirit, Ailin is determined to forge her own destiny. Her story is a tribute to all those women whose courage created new options for the generations who came after them.

Giovanni - ma preferisce essere chiamato J - ha diciotto anni e vorrebbe una vita normale. Ne ha abbastanza dei continui controlli, delle visite in ospedale, dei progetti a breve termine-perché-chissà-quanto-tempo-gli-concederà-ancora-la-malattia. Per una volta tanto, vorrebbe lasciare da parte il dolore che si abbatte sulle sue giornate come la pioggia sulle strade di Londra. Per una volta tanto, non vorrebbe più pensare alle cose di cui ha nausea, ma a quelle di cui ha fame. Anche Barbara - odia quando la chiamano Barbie - ha diciotto anni. E non è mai uscita con un ragazzo.

What does a teenage girl do when she sees her beloved older brother commit a horrific crime? Should she report to her parents, or should she keep quiet? Should she confront him? All her life, Naledi has been in awe of Basi, her charming and outgoing older brother. They’ve shared their childhood, with its jokes and secrets, the alliances and stories about the community. Having reached 13, she is preparing to go to the school dance. Then she sees Basi commit an act that violates everything she believes about him. How will she live her life now? 

Jun hates boy bands. They are disruptive in the classroom, annoying, have no talent, and are now affecting his role as class president. After a talk with his teacher, Jun must convince his best friend, Saki, to give up her obsession over Akatsuki, the particularly vexing boy band, or abdicate his class privileges. But his talk with Saki doesn’t go well. In his attempt to understand what all the fuss is about, Jun goes down the rabbit hole of Akatsuki, only to find another unusual fan of the boy band that has his classmates raving.

Seventeen-year-old Signal Deere has raised eyebrows for years as an unhappy Goth misfit from the trailer park. When she's convicted of her best friend Rose's brutal murder, she's designated a Class A - the most dangerous and manipulative criminal profile. To avoid prison, Signal signs on for a secret program for 18-and-under Class As and is whisked off to an abandoned sleep-away camp, where she and seven bunkmates will train as assassins. Yet even in the Teen Killers Club, Signal doesn't fit in. She's squeamish around blood. She's kind and empathetic....

Jarra never wanted to be a celebrity. All she ever wanted was to gain some respect for the people left on Earth: the unlucky few whose immune system prevents them from portaling to other planets. Except now she's the most famous Earth girl in the universe - but not everyone in the universe is happy about it, nor the fact that she has found love with a norm. Jarra's actions have repercussions that spread further than she ever could have imagined, and political unrest threatens to tear apart the delicate balance of peace between humanity's worlds.

Ayrion’s tribe has until the Harvest Moon to meet the Guild’s price. If the payment isn’t made, Hurricane’s territory will be seized, and its members left to starve. The stakes have never been higher. Once again, Ayrion finds himself in the precarious position of taking on the role of savior. Only this time, it’s not just his life that hangs in the balance, but the lives of all the children he protects. Desperation can lead people to attempt the impossible, but Ayrion has truly tipped the scales on this one.

From the critically acclaimed author of Before I Die comes a remarkably affecting story of a girl who burns with anger for reasons she can't understand, and the power and risk that comes with making noise. Fans of E. Lockhart, Jennifer Niven, and Gayle Foreman will find their own fury in this exceptional novel for our times.

The ratings are real. One number, 0 to 100, determines your place in society. Earn a high rating, and the world is yours for the taking. But fall to zero, and you may as well cease to exist. Societies thrive on order, and the Rating System is the ultimate symbol of organized social mobility. The higher it soars, the more valued you are. The lower it plummets, the harder you must work to improve yourself.

Seventeen-year-old Leda witnesses a hate crime against a gay couple from her school. Now she must decide if she should risk her family's stability by telling the police what she knows. Jonathan, one of the victims of the crime, struggles with his recovery and the guilt of not protecting his boyfriend. When Leda and Jonathan are swept together by chance, both must reckon with fundamental questions of loyalty and courage. 

A haunted young girl (who happens to be a kung-fu expert and pathological liar) runs away from an oppressive city, where the sky is always grey, in search of love and sisterhood - and finds herself in a magical place known only as the Street of Miracles. There, she is quickly adopted into a vigilante gang of glamorous warrior femmes called the Lipstick Lacerators, whose mission is to scour the Street of violent men and avenge murdered trans women everywhere. Can our intrepid heroine find the truth within herself in order to protect her new family and heal her broken heart? 

Bohaterką cyklu jest Weronika, której ze względu na niepełnosprawność nadano przydomek Niepełka. Tym razem obdarzona talentem fotograficznym dziewczyna oraz jej przyjaciele spędzają deszczowe wakacje w swoich domach. Świat nastolatków w dobie wszechwładnej technologii informatycznej jest bardziej skomplikowany, niż był za czasów młodości ich rodziców. Czy internet całkowicie zdominuje bohaterów? Co musi się wydarzyć, by zrozumieli własne błędy? Jakie nowe tajemnice wkradną się między nich.

Czym jest życie bez miłości, przyjaźni i zaufania? Czy alkohol, seks i pieniądze są właściwym lekarstwem na smutek i porażki? Dokąd zaprowadzą kłamstwa bohaterów tej historii? Młodzi ludzie - Sebastian, Michał i Natalia - szybko rozpoczynają dorosłe życie. Przekroczenie tej granicy będzie dla nich bardzo bolesne. Każdy z trójki bohaterów ma swoje pragnienia i cele, które usiłuje zrealizować, ale za jaką cenę? Które z nich potrafi stawić czoła przeciwnościom losu i wyjdzie zwycięsko z tej próby?

Music is Simon’s life - which is why he is devastated when a stroke destroys his hearing. He resists attempts to help him adjust to his new state, refusing to be counseled, refusing to learn sign language, refusing to have anything to do with Deaf culture. Refusing, that is, until he meets G, a tough-as-nails girl dealing with her own newly experienced deafness.

What did you hear? Kimberly Landis-Lilley and Teddy Lin are over. Yes, the Kim and Teddy broke up. At least that's what Phil Spooner thinks he overheard and then told Jess Howard, Kim's best friend. Something about Teddy not liking Kim's Instas? Or was it that Teddy is moving to Italy and didn't want to do long distance? Or that Kim slid into someone else's DMs? Jess told her boyfriend, Elvis, that he needs to be on Kim's side. Especially if he wants to keep her as his girlfriend. But Elvis is also Teddy's best friend. Now, Kim's run out of school for the day. Jess is furious.

>Little Women, closely based on Louisa M. Alcott’s own experience of family life, was first published in 1869 and has never lost its extraordinary power to move and delight - from the heartrending story of gentle Beth to the humorous adventures of tomboyish Jo, and Meg’s vain attempts to cut a fashionable figure in "society".